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Subclass ANNULATA POLYCHiETA. 
Fam. 3. Aphroditidse. 
Genus Apheodita, L. 
Aphrodita aculeata , L.; Malmgren, Annulata Polychseta 
&c. p. 3. 
Abundant in deep water, and thrown on the West Sands 
in thousands after some winter storms. It is also a common 
diet of the cod and haddock. 
Fam. 4. Polynoidse. 
Genus Lepidonotus, Leach. 
Lepidonotus squamatus , L.; Mgrn. op. cit. p. 4. 
Frequent in deep water, under stones in pools between tide- 
marks, on the West Sands after storms, and in the stomachs 
of cod and haddock. 
Genus Nychia, Mgrn. 
Nychia cirrosa , Pallas; Mgrn. op. cit. p. 5. 
Occasionally in deep water, and on the West Sands after 
storms. 
Genus Lagisca, Mgrn. 
Lctgisca propinqua , Mgrn. op. cit. p. 9. 
Occasionally in debris of the fishing-boats. It is distin¬ 
guished by its greyish scales mottled with black, by the dark 
spots at the bases of the feet, the mottling of the dorsum 
beneath the scales, and by the position of the eyes (the posterior 
pair only being visible from the dorsum). The dorsal bristles 
have a short clear portion at the tip; the ventral are long, 
much tapered and minutely bifid superiorly, while the inferior 
have shorter and stouter tips, more evidently bifid. 
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